REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, pursuant to their accession to the European Union

3.12.2004 - (COM(2004)0258 – C6‑0048/2004 – 2004/0083(CNS)) - *

Committee on International Trade
Rapporteur: Enrique Barón Crespo
(Simplified procedure – Rule 43(1) of the Rules of Procedure)

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, pursuant to their accession to the European Union

(COM(2004)0258 – C6‑0048/2004 – 2004/0083(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2004)0258)[1],

–   having regard to Articles 133, 308 and 300(2), second sentence of the EC Treaty,

–   having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6‑0048/2004),

–   having regard to Rules 51, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade (A6‑0062/2004),

1.  Approves the conclusion of the protocol to the agreement;

2.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Republic of San Marino.

• [1]  OJ C ... / Not yet published in OJ.

PROCEDURE

Title	Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, pursuant to their accession to the European Union
References	COM(2004)0258 – C6-0048/2004 – 2004/0083(CNS)
Legal basis	Articles 133, 308 and 300(2), second sentence, EC
Basis in Rules of Procedure	Rules 51 and 83(7)
Date of consulting Parliament	8.6.2004
Committee responsible   Date announced in plenary	INTA 15.9.2004
Committee(s) asked for opinion(s)   Date announced in plenary	AFET 15.09.2004
Not delivering opinion(s)   Date of decision	AFET 14.09.2004
Enhanced cooperation   Date announced in plenary
Rapporteur(s)   Date appointed	Enrique Barón Crespo 31.8.2004
Previous rapporteur(s)
Simplified procedure   Date of decision	Rule 43(1) 31.08.2004
Legal basis disputed   Date of JURI opinion		/
Financial endowment amended   Date of BUDG opinion		/
Discussed in committee	2.12.2004
Date adopted	2.12.2004
Result of final vote	for: against: abstentions:		19 0 0
Members present for the final vote	Enrique Barón Crespo, Daniel Caspary, Giulietto Chiesa, Christofer Fjellner, Béla Glattfelder, Sajjad Karim, Alain Lipietz, Helmuth Markov, David Martin, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Georgios Papastamkos, Bogusław Rogalski, Peter Šťastný, Johan Van Hecke and Zbigniew Zaleski
Substitutes present for the final vote	Giorgio Carollo, Albert Deß, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and István Szent-Iványi
Substitutes under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote
Date tabled – A6	3.12.2004			A6-0062/2004
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